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Tuesday, May 27, 2025

The mark of Deero
Luckily, Eddie had stumbled upon a rare variety of deadly nightshade, the amicable Atropa belladonna congenialocus. (Later that same day, however, he blundered into some poison oak—a flat-out intolerant species.)
“Whoa! … Wrong room.”
“Bummer, Rusty. … Seven years bad luck—of course, in your case, that works out to be 49 years.”
“Dang! Wouldn’t ya know it? … The only waterhole for a hundred miles, and dabsmack in the middle is a giant squid.”

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